Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892 to J. Glancy Jones

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GLC#
GLC08246.02-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
24 June 1858
Author/Creator
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892
Title
to J. Glancy Jones
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Meigs allays concerns over the Capitol Dome's stability: "There were plenty of people, who when Michel Angelo was building the Dome of St. Peter's thought it would never stand..." Jones was on the House Ways & Means Committee.

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